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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 18 November 2014 03:55:49PM 3 points [-]

Exit starts to get close to libertarian/anarchic schools of thought (e.g. seasteading is generally thought of as ancap), which is almost diametrically opposed to We Want a King.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 November 2014 04:21:16PM *  5 points [-]

Hmm. Well, the monarchists think they are going to get some Vetinari style ruler who lets business faire, although that hasn't been common historically.

It looks like I further need to distinguish between We Want Exit, and Everyone has a Right to Exit. The latter fads up to World Government, the former falls apart over biological sustainability.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 18 November 2014 05:12:47PM 3 points [-]

It looks like I further need to distinguish between We Want Exit, and Everyone has a Right to Exit. The latter fads up to World Government, the former falls apart over biological sustainability.

I don't understand, surely "Everyone has a Right to Exit" is the opposite to world government? And why is "We Want Exit" unsustainable?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 November 2014 09:37:20PM 2 points [-]

Who guarantees the right?

A bunch of mostly male geeks in a boat doesn't look very sustainable to me.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 18 November 2014 09:50:35PM 2 points [-]

Well, seasteading is certainly not particularly scalable. But while its mostly male geeks now, who knows what the demographics would look like when it gets going?

As for who guarantees the right, well, most countries allow their citizens to emigrate if they want.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 November 2014 10:45:04PM *  2 points [-]

Exactly. Which is why exit is actually about entry.